Cornering Rural Tourism for City Folks with Dominic Monkhouse
In this era of endless screentime, people are craving a return to nature. Dominic Monkhouse shares a business idea that offers meaningful country living experiences to city folk.
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Nuggets:
- The USDA offers grants and special loans for first-time farmers
- You can often succeed in an old industry (e.g. restaurants, hotels) by simply following modern best practices
- Don’t underestimate the value of employing amazing people in the hospitality industry
Action Steps:
- Research best practices for starting a hotel
- Search for employees in the hospitality industry
- See if you can get a beginner farmer grant or loan
- Locate existing farms and offer to install cabins on their property
- Locate existing Farmhouse rentals on AirBNB and offer to optimize their business model
Links:
- Dominic Monkhouse: Business Coaching
- The Melting Pot with Dominic Monkhouse
- F**k Plan B: How to scale your technology business faster and achieve Plan A
- Cabana - Mobile Hotels
- Avrame
- The Road to Less Stupid
- Kiss the Ground
- Featherdown Farms
- AirDNA
- The Ruby Slipper Cafe
- USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Loans
Dominic Monkhouse is a business coach, scale up expert, host of the Melting Pod podcast and author of F**k Plan B: How to scale your technology business faster and achieve plan A.
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